Shoe-upper.



G. H. SMITH.

SHOE UPPER. APPLIOATION FILED DEO.1'7, 1909.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911 WITNESSES Y W lwflliiib ATTORNEY n1: mamas PETERS co.. WASHINGTON, t.

' to provide school shoe uppers which may GEORGE E. SMITH, OF BRIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE-UPPER.

9 3 576 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Fab. '7, 1911.

Application filed December 17, 1909. Serial No. 533,642.

To all whom it may concern: I illustrated in the drawing the upper is Be it known that I, Gnonen II. SMITH, a 1 shown as cut from a single piece of stock citizen of the United States residing at and comprises essentially a vamp indicated Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of i by 10 and a quarter indicated by 11. Connecticut, have invented an Improvement 12 indicates the lacing flies and 13 a toe in Shoe-Uppers, of which the following is a cap which may or may not be used. Bespecification, tween one side of the vamp and the corre- This invention relates to the manufacture sponding lacing fly the stock is cut away of shoes and is applicable to all classes of leaving a curved opening 14. The exact shoes but is especially adapted for use in shape and size of this opening is of course immaterial.

the manufacture of school shoes, so called;

In assembling, the free edge of the vamp,

that is relatively heavy shoes which are required to be sold at a low price and to have indicated specifically by 15, is lapped over excellent wearing qualities. the edge 16 of the quarter and is secured in It is of course well understood that the place by stitching at the dotted lines indimanufacture of shoe uppers is a business cated by 17 the edge 16 being in practice by itself and that the attachment of the soles skived down leaving it perfectly smooth. and heels to the uppers is frequently an in- In practice this line or lines of stitching dependent business. I-Ieretofore in the will be placed upon either the inner or the manufacture of school shoes it has been cusouter side of both shoes, preferably upon the tomary to line them and to insert the counouter side. In Fig. 1 I have shown a left ter between the lining and the. quarter when shoe and have shown the line of stitching the sole was attached, thus making the at upon the left side of the upper, and in Fig. tachment of the counter a portion of the op- 3 have shown a right upper upon which the eration of soling instead of the operation of line of stitching Wlll be upon the right side. making the upper.

On the opposite side of each shoe I place My present invention has for its objects corresponding ornamental lines of stitching indicated by 18. Other lines of stitching may be placed upon the upper for ornamentation, as the line indicated by 19. In order to provide for shaping the back of the quarter inward above the counter, an elongated pointed opening 20 may be cut out from the quarter and the edges closed together by a seam at the dotted lines indicated by 21 in Figs. 2 and 3.

22 denotes the counter which is shown as secured to the back of the quarter by lines of stitching indicated by 23, and skived down at the top as at .26 leaving the edge perfectly smooth. In addition to stitching 23 I secure said counter to the quarter by vertical or approximately vertical lines of stitching indicated by 25, so that it cannot slip or break down. By this arrangement the counter is practically made a part of the upper, and being securely retained in place does not need to be covered by a lining. Thus the lining to cover the counter is dispensed with.

2 1 denotes a metallic counter stay made broadly U-shape which may be secured between the counter and the quarter as by the lines of stitching on opposite sides thereof l l be formed from a single piece of stock and to provide the uppers with attached counters and thus do away with the necessity for a lining while at the same time the cost of the upper is reduced rather than. ini creased and the cost of soling is reduced as the attachment of an independent counter as a part of the operation of soling is wholly done away with.

With these and other objects in view I have devised the novel shoe upper which I will now describe referring to the accompanying drawing forming a. part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. shoe embodying my novel upper partly broken away to show the attached counter and a metallic stay therefor; Fig. 2 a rear elevation corresponding therewith; Fig. 3 a secl tion on the line 33 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 a plan view of the upper before being formed and stitched to place; and Fig. 5 is a view of a metallic counter stay which may or may not beused.

The upper may be made under any ordinary or preferred system. In the form indicated by 23, which attach the counter to the quarter. The stay when used becomes 'tected and as it is unattached to the quarter it frequently breaks down.

Having thus described my invention I clann:

As an article of manufacture an unlined shoe upper formed of a single piece of stock and having an independent counter permanently attached thereto, and a metallic stay having a body portion secured to the upper edge of said counter and having depending ends secured to the end edges of the said counter, said stay being located between said counter and said upper, whereby a lining for the counter and its stay is rendered unnecessary.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. SMlT I Witnesses A. M. Voosrnn, S. W. ATHERTON. 

